The waiting...

We met with the dr. today. The results are in: His bone marrow biopsy came back as negative so there's no cancer activity there. That is a good thing since they will be replacing his bone marrow with someone elses. His PET scan showed that the mass (tumor) on his right side which sent him to the hospital for treatment is gone (no activity on his right side where the tumor was) but now there's an enlarged lymph node on his lower left side going from front to back which according to them has cancerous activity. Dr. Logsdon wants to do a needle biopsy to test the fluids in the node to see if it's cancerous or just inflamed from an infection/irritation. That should be scheduled this week.

We'd had a falling out with the staff at Rocky Mountain Cancer Center and we may be switching dr. mid treatment. The chemo nurses today gave me seven kinds of grief over the dr. ordering a port CBC without an appointment. One thing led to another and Mike stormed out after "security" was called. I have spoken to the facility supervisor and the nursing supervisor to see what we can do. I advised them that he won't be going there for port CBCs anymore and we may decide to switch drs because of the nursing staff. We chose Dr. Logsdon b/c of his experience with Mantle Cell Lymphoma but if I have to go "babysit" the staff to make sure they're not hurting him and doing what they're supposed to do w/o calling the cops then it's not worth it to continue getting treatment there. The dr. is going to call me tomorrow.

The biopsy should be scheduled this week and hopefully will get the results back. IF it is cancerous then we can't do the transplant until it's under control and we are out of drugs that are known to work. It also means that his cancer has grown back quicker b/c this mass wasn't there in March when they did the first PET scan.

Mike has a dental appt scheduled for next week (Thank you, Jen) which is required for the transplant. I've talked to the transplant team and we will wait for the results of the biopsy before proceeding with the transplant.

Mason is still job hunting. Hopefully he will have a job this week. Bri is volunteering as a counselor for Vacation Bible School @ church. I'm still doing my best Superwoman impression (just not this afternoon when I had a moment of weakness - kryptonite is a *****) Otherwise, life is under control! :)